How loud is the alarm? 90 yr old parent is hard of hearing. And how easy enough right out of the box to set the clock/alarm without assistance?
10287
Extremely easy to use and alarm starts out sort of low and keeps beeping higher and higher until you either hit snooze or turn off alarm!Works great for me - sometimes I sleep very sound!
10288
The alarm was loud enough but the hands of the minute, hour and alarm did NOT stay in position so I could not depend on the alarm. I returned the clock.
10289
It is very easy too set the alarm without assistance. It only turns one way so if you go past your intended time just keep going around until you reach the desired time. As for the volume, I think it is loud. It is not the annoying buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz of the previous models it is a digital beep which changes with urgency if you don't turn it off quickly.
643334
The alarm can be loud but you can adjust it. You can also set different alarm tones. I love it and it works great!!
1448946
Yes, old fashioned alarm clock style. One ding at end of timer, bicycle bell style. The ticking is not overly loud- I cannot hear it outside my kitchen.
1401178
I'm not sure. I thought it was quite loud, but it is a high-pitch as I recall. That is the sound that people lose first usually. Does he live alone? If not, it would definitely wake anyone else. I have a baby monitor in Mom's room. It nearly scared me right out of bed, and my room is some distance from hers. Unfortunately, we had lots of false alarms because of the way she turns over in bed (raising up on elbow rather than just rolling.).
502620
What?... huh??? Can't hear anything but this alarm!Quite loud! Let's put it this way, for a little unit... you will want to hold your ears if it goes off!I think it's about 120 db and Pain begins at 125 db... close enough...
663531
Yes, it is very easy to set, as the others said. The alarm is easy too, and it does work, but I dropped the clock a couple of times and it bit the dust! My fault. I love this clock, but it's light and easy to knock over, so be aware.
1708441
The alarm comes on low but increases in volume, no matter what the volume setting of the sound you use. I have not used the Tone or Radio as an alarm but used Wind Chimes, and it was nice. Started low and gradually increased. If you are not a light sleeper, set the alarm maybe 1 or 2 minutes before you want to wake up so that the volume reaches a level that will wake you up in time.
470500
Hi Amy,The alarm was loud enough to wake my husband and I up from across the hall, but my son slept right through it every time. We'd have to go wake him up. Quite honestly the alarm is so loud and so close to his ear I was concerned about hearing damage. You really don't want an alarm louder than this one. The volume is adjustable.
1923216
You can download the manual and it will give you step by step instructions. If you are not tech savvy, then I take it to an alarm installer. They usually charge $20-$50
993637
I don't know. We hated this alarm clock. It was so hard to set and to see the time (there was a constant scroll).
470496
Hi Amy, The alarm was loud enough to wake my husband and I up from across the hall, but my son slept right through it every time. We'd have to go wake him up. Quite honestly the alarm is so loud and so close to his ear I was concerned about hearing damage. You really don't want an alarm louder than this one. The volume is adjustable.
1762257
The watch is not suitable for the hearing impaired because the alarm in not particularly loud. My husband, whose hearing is only slightly impaired, usually ignores the alarm. I am the one who is alerted when the alarm goes off - so it works for us.
1015162
It's small. If you looked at the dispenser you'd see it though. My mother has significant hearing loss but can hear the alarm.
1149816
No. The alarm wouldn't be by the adult's ear (unless they're rather short), and this particular alarm is fairly useless since if you rolled over in bed the 80's technology phone jack would just fall out.
1101358
Very quiet. We can barely hear them. My 55 year old son has fond memories, as a child, of going to sleep to the chimes of a much louder ships clock in the kitchen below his bedroom.
65165
From my experience, there is no alarm on the clock. Everything regarding the alarm comes from your phone. This is just a speaker, docking clock.
220966
It is very LOUD when set to the loud setting. I wear hearing aids and cannot hear the alarm when it's set to the low setting, And that's with my hearing aids! It's a shrill, loud sound.